The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture

The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

The secret to success is constancy of purpose.

Reason is powerless when we express love with empathy and kindness.

After a night of drinking, she would be a pale, starling-sized creature, but now, in this place, she is moonlight in heels.

If you are God’s, there is nothing impossible for you

You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.

I don't think I've had a lonely moment in my life.

It's very, very hard to hire people, qualified people. And a lot of people didn't want the job because it's a three- or four-month job.

Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.

A night journey is essentially a thing of possibilities.

Why spend 18 hours watching someone else's war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars.